Yes, I've heard this again and again. One woman described coercive control as a web that was slowly constricting around her and she wasn't aware of it. When I spoke to my sister about potentially bringing this bill forward and she gave me permission to share her story, she said, “I didn't know what it was while it was happening to me. If I'd known, I might have left earlier.”
It's so essential that we pass this legislation so we have the tools in our criminal justice system and can change how people think about coercive control. We can make people aware of its significant detrimental impacts and how unacceptable it is.